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	'''''Devar''''' is a ~~[[Bollywood films of~~ 1966~~\|1966]]~~ Hindi film directed by Mohan Sehgal.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051021/ttlife.htm#6\|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - The Tribune Lifestyle\|website=www.tribuneindia.com\|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref> It stars [[Dharmendra]], [[Sharmila Tagore]], [[Deven Verma]] and [[Shashikala]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Devar - Review \|url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/devar.htm \|website=Molodezhnaja \|accessdate=26 September 2020}}</ref> The music is by [[Roshan (music director)\|Roshan]] and the lyrics by [[Anand Bakshi]]; this is their only film together that met with success.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Arunachalam \|first1=Param \|title=Bollywood Retrospect - The enduring lyrics of Anand Bakshi: Anand Bakshi's long career speaks about his success in adapting himself to changing times \|work=D.N.A. Sunday \|~~date~~=~~July 19, 2015~~ \|id={{ProQuest\|1697064272}}}}</ref>		'''''Devar''''' is a 1966 Hindi film directed by Mohan Sehgal.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051021/ttlife.htm#6\|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - The Tribune Lifestyle\|website=www.tribuneindia.com\|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref> It stars [[Dharmendra]], [[Sharmila Tagore]], [[Deven Verma]] and [[Shashikala]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Devar - Review \|url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/devar.htm \|website=Molodezhnaja \|accessdate=26 September 2020}}</ref> The music is by [[Roshan (music director)\|Roshan]] and the lyrics by [[Anand Bakshi]]; this is their only film together that met with success.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Arunachalam \|first1=Param \|date=July 19, 2015 \|title=Bollywood Retrospect - The enduring lyrics of Anand Bakshi: Anand Bakshi's long career speaks about his success in adapting himself to changing times \|work=D.N.A. Sunday \|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-bollywood-retrospect-the-enduring-lyrics-of-anand-bakshi-2105701 \|id={{ProQuest\|1697064272}}}}</ref>

	The film is based on the short novel ''Naa'' by the noted Bengali writer Tara Shankar Bandopadhyay. This novel was already adapted into a 1954 Bengali movie of the same name, and the 1962 Tamil movie ''[[Padithaal Mattum Podhuma]]''. This movie is considered Mohan Sehgal's masterpiece, and was praised for Dharmendra & Sharmila's cool performances, and Deven Verma's commendable negative role. All of the songs from ''Devar'' were big hits at the time, and are still very popular, especially "Baharon ne mera chaman lootkar" and "Aaya hai mujhe phir yaad" by [[Mukesh (singer)\|Mukesh]], and "Duniya mein aisa kahan" by [[Lata Mangeshkar]].		The film is based on the short novel ''Naa'' by the noted Bengali writer Tara Shankar Bandopadhyay. This novel was already adapted into a 1954 Bengali movie of the same name, and the 1962 Tamil movie ''[[Padithaal Mattum Podhuma]]''. This movie is considered Mohan Sehgal's masterpiece, and was praised for Dharmendra & Sharmila's cool performances, and Deven Verma's commendable negative role. All of the songs from ''Devar'' were big hits at the time, and are still very popular, especially "Baharon ne mera chaman lootkar" and "Aaya hai mujhe phir yaad" by [[Mukesh (singer)\|Mukesh]], and "Duniya mein aisa kahan" by [[Lata Mangeshkar]].
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	==Plot==		==Plot==

	Shankar ~~([[Dharmendra]])~~ and Bhawariya ~~([[Sharmila Tagore]])~~ are childhood lovers who have been parted by unfortunate circumstances. Shankar's cousin Suresh is an advocate. Matchmaker Ram comes up with marriage proposals for both the cousins. Following family traditions, it is decided that the boys will meet the respective brides by proxy. Suresh falls in love with Madhumati ~~(Bhawariya)~~. He cooks up a wicked plot. He writes two letters to each of the families due to which an innocent and somewhat less educated Shankar is badly treated by his parents. One day accidentally Shankar ~~comes to know~~ that Madhumati is Bhawariya, the girl whom he used to love. So also, Bhawariya's brother, a handwriting expert ~~comes to know~~ of Suresh's wicked plan. ~~Bbhawariya~~'s brother asks Suresh to accept his guilt before Ashok's parents presuming that it is Suresh sitting on chair, but it happens to be Ashok who listens this and ~~comes to know~~ of everything. In a rift between Shankar and Suresh, Suresh dies accidentally, for which Shankar is held the culprit. Madumati who is determined to see her husband's murderer hanged, changes her words and saves Shankar.		Shankar and Bhawariya are childhood lovers who have been parted by unfortunate circumstances. Shankar's cousin Suresh is an advocate. Matchmaker Ram comes up with marriage proposals for both the cousins. Following family traditions, it is decided that the boys will meet the respective brides by proxy. Suresh falls in love with Madhumati. He cooks up a wicked plot. He writes two letters to each of the families due to which an innocent and somewhat less educated Shankar is badly treated by his parents. One day accidentally Shankar learns that Madhumati is Bhawariya, the girl whom he used to love. So also, Bhawariya's brother, a handwriting expert learns of Suresh's wicked plan. Bhawariya's brother asks Suresh to accept his guilt before Ashok's parents presuming that it is Suresh sitting on chair, but it happens to be Ashok who listens this and learns of everything. In a rift between Shankar and Suresh, Suresh dies accidentally, for which Shankar is held the culprit. Madumati who is determined to see her husband's murderer hanged, changes her words and saves Shankar.

	The movie ends without Madumati ever knowing that Shankar is her childhood lover.		The movie ends without Madumati ever knowing that Shankar is her childhood lover.
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	! Songs !! Singer		! Songs !! Singer
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	\| "~~[http://www.bhopalbazaar.com/Aaya_Hai_Mujhe_Phir_Yaad_Woh_Zalim.html~~ Aaya Hai Mujhe Phir Yaad ~~Vo Zalim Guzara Zamana Bachpan Ka]~~" \|\| [[Mukesh (singer)\|Mukesh]]		\| "Aaya Hai Mujhe Phir Yaad"
			\| [[Mukesh (singer)\|Mukesh]]
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	\| "Baharon Ne Mera Chaman ~~Lootkar~~" \|\| Mukesh		\| "Baharon Ne Mera Chaman"
			\| Mukesh
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	\| "Duniya Mein Aisa ~~Kaha Sab Ka Nasib Hai~~" \|\| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]		\| "Duniya Mein Aisa Kahan"
			\| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
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	\| "~~Kajal Walle~~ Nain ~~Mila Ke Kar~~" \|\| [[Mohammed Rafi]]		\| "Kajalwale Nain Milake"
			\| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
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	\| "Roothe Saiyan Hamare ~~Saiyan~~" \|\| Lata Mangeshkar		\| "Roothe Saiyan Hamare"
			\| Lata Mangeshkar
	\|-		\|-
	\| "~~Maine Jharokhe Se Kyu Jhaka~~, Mushkil Me Pad Gayi Jaan" \|\| Lata Mangeshkar, [[~~Usha Mangeshkar~~]]		\| "Main Mar Gayi, Mushkil Mein Pad Gayi Jaan"
			\| [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Asha Bhosle ]]
	\|}		\|}

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{{Short description|1966 Hindi film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Devar
| image = Devar film poster.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Mohan Segal]]
| producer =
| writer = Tara Shankar Bandopadhyay
| narrator =
| starring = [[Dharmendra]]<br />[[Sharmila Tagore]]<br />[[Deven Verma]]
| music = [[Roshan (music director)|Roshan]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
| distributor = [[De Luxe Films]]
| released = 1976
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| budget =
}}
'''''Devar''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1966|1966]] Hindi film directed by Mohan Sehgal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051021/ttlife.htm#6|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - The Tribune Lifestyle|website=www.tribuneindia.com|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref> It stars [[Dharmendra]], [[Sharmila Tagore]], [[Deven Verma]] and [[Shashikala]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Devar - Review |url=http://www.molodezhnaja.ch/devar.htm |website=Molodezhnaja |accessdate=26 September 2020}}</ref> The music is by [[Roshan (music director)|Roshan]] and the lyrics by [[Anand Bakshi]]; this is their only film together that met with success.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Arunachalam |first1=Param |title=Bollywood Retrospect - The enduring lyrics of Anand Bakshi: Anand Bakshi's long career speaks about his success in adapting himself to changing times |work=D.N.A. Sunday |date=July 19, 2015 |id={{ProQuest|1697064272}}}}</ref>

The film is based on the short novel ''Naa'' by the noted Bengali writer Tara Shankar Bandopadhyay. This novel was already adapted into a 1954 Bengali movie of the same name, and the 1962 Tamil movie ''[[Padithaal Mattum Podhuma]]''. This movie is considered Mohan Sehgal's masterpiece, and was praised for Dharmendra & Sharmila's cool performances, and Deven Verma's commendable negative role. All of the songs from ''Devar'' were big hits at the time, and are still very popular, especially "Baharon ne mera chaman lootkar" and "Aaya hai mujhe phir yaad" by [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]], and "Duniya mein aisa kahan" by [[Lata Mangeshkar]].

==Plot==

Shankar ([[Dharmendra]]) and Bhawariya ([[Sharmila Tagore]]) are childhood lovers who have been parted by unfortunate circumstances. Shankar's cousin Suresh is an advocate. Matchmaker Ram comes up with marriage proposals for both the cousins. Following family traditions, it is decided that the boys will meet the respective brides by proxy. Suresh falls in love with Madhumati (Bhawariya). He cooks up a wicked plot. He writes two letters to each of the families due to which an innocent and somewhat less educated Shankar is badly treated by his parents. One day accidentally Shankar comes to know that Madhumati is Bhawariya, the girl whom he used to love. So also, Bhawariya's brother, a handwriting expert comes to know of Suresh's wicked plan. Bbhawariya's brother asks Suresh to accept his guilt before Ashok's parents presuming that it is Suresh sitting on chair, but it happens to be Ashok who listens this and comes to know of everything. In a rift between Shankar and Suresh, Suresh dies accidentally, for which Shankar is held the culprit. Madumati who is determined to see her husband's murderer hanged, changes her words and saves Shankar.

The movie ends without Madumati ever knowing that Shankar is her childhood lover.

==Reception==
''The Essential Guide to Bollywood'' (2005) says that the film "contained deep elements of Bengali literature... The film is remarkable for projecting the ironic twists of fate in an unconventional format with the lead pair bound to the 'wrong' spouses till the very end."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jha |first1=Subhash K. |last2=Bachchan |first2=Amitabh |title=The Essential Guide to Bollywood |date=2005 |publisher=Lustre Press |isbn=9788174363787 |page=30 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Essential_Guide_to_Bollywood/s1mVuJJPm3UC?hl=en&gbpv=1 |accessdate=26 September 2020}}</ref>

In 2014, ''[[The Friday Times]]'' noted that this film was "probably the only role that [comedian Deven] Verma played that had shades of grey... He may have played a villain but many left the theatre wondering how such a good looking, suave man could have such a complex character."<ref>{{cite news |title=In memoriam: the suave humorist |work=[[The Friday Times]] |date=December 14, 2014 |id={{ProQuest|1635816081}}}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Dharmendra]] as Shankar
* [[Sharmila Tagore]] as Bhawariya/Madhumati
* [[Shashikala]] as Shanta
* [[Deven Verma]] as Suresh
* [[Lalita Kumari]] as Basanti
* [[Durga Khote]] as Madhumati's mother
* [[Dhumal (actor)|Dhumal]] as Ram Bharose
* [[Sulochana Latkar]] as Shakuntala
*[[Sabita Chatterjee]] as Lily
*[[Raj Mehra]] as Thakur Mahendra Singh
* [[Tarun Bose]] as Advocate Gopinath
* [[D. K. Sapru]] as Diwan Jaswant Rai (as Sapru)
*[[Mumtaz Begum (actress)|Mumtaz Begum]] as Shankar's mother
*[[Bela Bose]] as dancer in 'roothe saiyan' song
*[[Brahm Bhardwaj]] as Public Prosecutor
*[[Nazir Kashmiri]] as judge
*[[Pardeep Singh]]

==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Songs !! Singer
|-
| "[http://www.bhopalbazaar.com/Aaya_Hai_Mujhe_Phir_Yaad_Woh_Zalim.html Aaya Hai Mujhe Phir Yaad Vo Zalim Guzara Zamana Bachpan Ka]" || [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]]
|-
| "Baharon Ne Mera Chaman Lootkar" || Mukesh
|-
| "Duniya Mein Aisa Kaha Sab Ka Nasib Hai" || [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| "Kajal Walle Nain Mila Ke Kar" || [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Roothe Saiyan Hamare Saiyan" || Lata Mangeshkar
|-
| "Maine Jharokhe Se Kyu Jhaka, Mushkil Me Pad Gayi Jaan" || Lata Mangeshkar, [[Usha Mangeshkar]]
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0060306}}

[[Category:1966 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]